My name is Carlo DeVito, and I am the author of East Coast Wineries: A Complete Guide from Maine to Virginia published by Rutgers University Press. This blog is dedicated to primarily east coast wines and wineries including Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. It will also feature products and information from other regions.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Crossings Merlot 2009 - Historic and Very Nice! (PA)

Tom and Christine Carroll and their son Tom Jr. own Crossings Vineyards at Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania. From the very start, this was meant to be a showplace, state of the art, winery in the Bucks County area of Pennsylvania along the banks of the Delaware. The stone buildings, the grounds, and the equipment have always been top notch. It inspired awe from the very beginning.

The house pictured on Crossing Vineyards and Winery’s label is known as The David Barton Taylor House.

David Barton Taylor was the son of Benjamin Taylor, who participated in George Washington’s historic crossing of the Delaware on Christmas night in 1776. The exact age of the David Barton Taylor House is not known. Upper Makefield tax records refer to “a log house and barn” on the tract in 1795. On December 29, 1823, an advertisement appeared in The Correspondent and Farmer’s Advertiser. A “ comfortable Dwelling-house” is offered for sale, as well as “a good stone Barn and Wagon-House, nearly new, with other out-buildings.” The David Barton Taylor House was added to the Bucks Country Registry of Historic Places in 1983.

Tom Carroll Jr. is the wine maker. A graduate of Vassar, he immersed himself in the California wine industry for three years before returning east to start something truly unique. Today, he makes subtle, soft, approachable reds, and brilliant whites that make Crossings a standout producer in the Pennsylvania wine scene.

This 2009 Merlot was fantastic. The nose and palate are rewarded with the huge presence of Bing cherries as promised, along with plum and a hint of raspberry. Vanilla and spice also come forward. The wine is aged in oak. Nice acidity keeps the fruit alive, and the substantial tannins combine nicely to give this wine a nice, long finish. Very, very nice.

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Carlo DeVito is a long time wine lover, and author of books and magazine articles. He is the author of Wineries of the East Coast. He has traveled to wine regions in California, Canada, up and down the east coast, France, Spain and Chile. He has been a published executive for more than 20 years. He shepherded the wine book program of Wine Spectator as well as worked with Kevin Zraly, Oz Clarke, Matt Kramer, Tom Stevenson, Evan Dawson, Greg Moore, Howard Goldberg, and many other wine writers. He has also published Salvatore Calabrese, Jim Meehan, Clay Risen, and Paul Knorr.
Mr. DeVito is the inventor of the mini-kit which has sold more than 100,000,000 copies world wide. He has also publisher such writers as Stephen Hawking, E. O Wilson, Philip Caputo, Gilbert King, James McPherson, John and Mary Gribbin, Thomas Hoving, David Margolick, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., John Edgar Wideman, Stanley Crouch, Dan Rather, Dee Brown, Susie Bright, and Eleanor Clift.
He is also the owner of Hudson-Chatham Winery, co-founder of the Hudson Berkshire Beverage Trail, and president of the Hudson Valley Wine Country.
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